Subject: Editors' Picks: Why you should be optimistic about the Middle East in 2015; and Russia’s military is getting more aggressive
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:57:20 -0500 (EST)

FOREIGN POLICY'S TOP 5 READS
Tuesday, December 30

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#1 
ROGUE BEAR: Yes, Russia’s military is getting more aggressive. But are Moscow's armed fly-bys through European airspace a nuisance -- or a warning of things to come in 2015? <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwWA1bf0 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwRA2358>

#2
PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: From an Iran deal to Israeli elections, FP’s Aaron David Miller has five reasons why 2015 is going to bring positive changes to the Middle East: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwXAd45a target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwSA3b70>

#3
YEAR OF THE DRAGON: Forget the doom and gloom of an inevitable showdown. From China's perspective, 2014 was a good year for its relations with Washington: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwYA9089 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>: 
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwTA52ee>

#4
THE YEAR IN STEPHEN WALT: FP columnist Stephen Walt looks back at 2014, to see what he got right, and got wrong: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwZAb0d8 target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwUA210b>

#5
TRANSITIONS AFTER TRANSITIONS: Ending a war is difficult, but building peace in its aftermath is harder. Christopher Holshek writes on the art of the military to civilian transition in conflict zones: <a href='http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwaA95ed target='_blank' style='font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#ea1414;text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;'>Read more</a>:
<http://link.foreignpolicy.com/5253172ac16bcfa46f6bd4c724lg0.3zg4/VKMgRsPoDAF_YCwVAbfd8>

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